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BENJAMIN JOSEPH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND WILLIAM McNIEGE, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent .No. 79,231, dated June 23, 1868,

IMPROVED PESSARY.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN JOSEPH, of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Rectal Pessary for prolapsus (may and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and application of the samc,'reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters marked thereon.

1 Figure 1 is a view of the pessary complete.

Figure 2 is a vertical section.

Figure'3 is a vertical section when covered with a soft substance.

Similar letters in the drawings refer to like parts.

The nature of my invention consists of a hollow ovoidal body, traversed longitudinally by a tubular shaft. The lower end is connected to a piece at right angles, and fitted with a ball-and-socket or universal joint.

To enable others toconstruct my improved pess'ary, I will proceed to describe the construction of the same, referenc'being nad to the drawings.

Arepresents the ovoidal body, and may be made of wood, gutta percha, ivory, or any other suitable subsfirnc'e. .e is the vertical shaft, having a central hole through its entire length. On the lower end is a ball, d. At each end of the body A are caps e e. These caps and ball (1 are fitted to the vertical shaft or tube by means of a screw-thread. This shaft, caps, and ball should-he madeof ivory, hard rubber, or other suitable hard sub stances. The body and shaft may be made in one piece, of vulcanized or hard rubber, if desirable.

. B should be made of ivory or hard rubber, convex on the uppersurface, and concave on the lower. The hole for the ball,cou'ntersunk from the lower side, forms a universal joint.

The drawings are full size, yet it may be desirable to make them both larger and smaller. All the partsmust be highly polished to avoid irritation. I

The application of the instrument is'as follows: .The body A is introduced into the rectum after the prolapsed portion has been returned to its normal position. The lower part of the vertical shaft or tube a rests upon the sphincter-am muscle, and the body of the instrument then prevents the walls of the rectum from collapsing. The short end of the base, B, is placed towards the coccyx, while the long end occupies the perinaeum,-and prevents the body of the instrument from ascending above the point where its support is A needed.

The ball-and-socketjoint admits of motion in every direction. The hollow tube or central passage admits the discharge of gas or wind.

Whoniit is desirable to cover the body A with some soft substance, such as buck-skin or sponge, that a medical agent maybe used in connection with it, the body A should be made as shown in fig. 3.

Claims.

1. I claim the hollow vertical shaft 0, in combination with the body A, as and for the above-described purpose.

2. I claim the combination of the base, B, shaft 0, and universal joint 11, as and for the above-described purpose.

BENJN JOSEPH. Witnesses:

JoHN Sums,

DANIEL FOLEY. 

